A Collection of Postal History & Colorado Post Cards 1 PowerPoint by Ronald Hill
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Mail Delivery Along the Railroad 3
Mail Delivery Along the Railroad 4
Mail Delivery Along the Railroad 5
Mail Delivery Along the Railroad 6
Mail Delivery... And Passengers 7
Postmark from Long View, Colorado 8
BUT, first some history Union Pacific Railroad 9
Union Pacific Railroad On July 10, 1865, track laying started west from Omaha, Nebraska and was completed to Julesburg, Colorado on June 26, 1867. The railroad was completed to Cheyenne, Wyoming, on June 22, 1870 10
Denver Pacific R.P.O. (Railway Post Office) December 23, 1870 107 Miles to Denver 11
Denver Union Depot The cornerstone for the Union Depot of the Denver and Kansas Pacific railroads was laid on June 24, 1870. 12
Stock Certificate Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad 13 First mortgage bond was $1,000 @ 7% John Evans was President.
Denver and Leadville Agent AGT. 1881-1883 14
Denver and Leadville Agent (AGT). 1881-1883 15
Buena Vista, Colorado July 15, 1880; Post Office operated September 18, 1879 to present 16
Como & Gunnison, R.P.O., 1884-1887 17
Como & Gunnison, R.P.O., 1884-1887 18
Denver & Leadville & Gunnison RPO, 1889-1898 RR Sold to Colorado &Southern, November 1898, 151 Miles Special Delivery Mailed from Buffalo Creek to Denver 19
Denver & Leadville R.P.O., 1889-1898 20
Platte Canyon, Colorado, Jan 21, 1884 Post Office operated March 11, 1881 to May 21, 1893 (Waterton, today) 21
Platte Canyon, Colorado, Jan 21, 1884 22
South Platte, Colorado - July 11, 1916 Post Office operated January 31, 1899 to September 15, 1937 23
South Platte Hotel looking east 24
South Platte Hotel and Depot looking west 25
Bridge crossing South Platte River near Strontia Springs 26
Strontia Springs Resort 27
Dome Rock, Colorado, April 10, 1910 Post Office operated June 25, 1907 to April 4, 1911 Post Office moved to Long View 28
Colorado & Southern train at Dome Rock Bridge to Picnic Grove 29
Colorado & Southern Train in South Platte Canyon 30
Dome Rock, Colorado Post Office moved to Long View, April 1911 RR Grade 31
Dome Rock, Colorado Post Office moved to Long View, April 1911 Bridge to Picnic Grove 32
Post Office moved to Long View from Dome Rock Long View Post Office - April 4, 1911 to Sept 15, 1937 33
Near Dome Rock and Long View Real Photo Post Cards 34
Long View, Colorado (express mail car) Real Photo Post Cards here comes the mail 35
Children taking the train from Littleton Card mailed from Long View 36
Near Long View, Colorado Real Photo Post Card Fishing on the South Platte RR Grade Fisherman 37
Long View, Colorado Real Photo Post Cards Summer Cabins & Campground 38
Long View, Colorado Summer Cabins & Campground 39
Long View, Colorado Summer Cabins & Campground...Please keep a red ribbon on the leg of my chicken. It might be about the right size when I get back. 40
Long View, Colorado Real Photo Post Cards Summer Cabins & Campground 41
Near Long View, Colorado Real Photo Post Cards 42
Long View, Colorado Real Photo Post Cards 43
Denver & Leadville R.P.O. West - March 7, 1911 R.P.O. operated from 1901until discontinued in1917 Restablished in 1931 and used for the last time on December 11, 1936 44
Denver & Leadville R.P.O. West - March 7, 1911 45
Buffalo Creek, Colorado - 1897 46
Denver South Park and Pacific - 1889 47
Denver & Como R.P.O. West May 17, 1922 R.P.O. operated 1917 to 1931 Replaces Denver & Leadville R.P.O. 48
Denver & Como R.P.O. West May 17, 1922 49
Insmont, Colorado, August 21, 1915 Post Office operated June 5, 1902 to December 15, 1917 50
Insmont, Colorado, August 21, 1915 51
Insmont, Colorado Post Office 52 Insmont Post Office Later the Vavra House
Shawnee, Colorado, Depot 53
Chase, Colorado, November 13, 1909 Post Office operated July 15, 1892 to October 31, 1911 54
Chase, Colorado, November 13, 1909 Lake View Lodge, Country Home of C.F. Weller 55
Cassells, Colorado August 8, 1909 Wavy 5-bar Cancel Post Office operated June 19, 1899 to September 30. 1929 Santa Maria resort; today is YMCA camp 56
Cassells, Colorado August 8, 1909 57
Webster, Colorado - November 29, 1883 Post Office operated May 7, 1877 to May 31, 1904 58
Webster, Colorado - November 29, 1883 Train above Webster RR Grade 59
Como, Colorado May 10, 1883 Post Office operated July 23, 1879 to August 31, 1963; converted to a branch of Fairplay to present 60
Como, Colorado May 10, 1883 61
Como, Colorado D.S.P. & P. Depot & Freight Office (photo from Betty & Jack Clark) 62
Como, Colorado Hotel Depot and Freight Office at right (photo from Betty & Jack Clark) 63
Boreas, Colorado April 27, 1901 Post Office operated from January 2, 1896 to January 31, 1905 Depot was located in the snow shed 64
Farnham, Summit County February 25, 1894 Post Office operated December 2, 1881 to November 2, 1895 65
Breckenridge, Colorado November 4, 1884 Post Office operated 1861 to present 66
Colorado & Southern Depot, Breckenridge, Colorado 67
Beyond Park County Toward the Alpine Tunnel and Gunnison 68
Divide, Chaffee County April 18, 1883 Post Office operated June 24, 1874 to August 19, 1885 Name changed to Newett, Colorado. 69
Divide, Chaffee County April 18, 1883 70
Newett, Chaffee County November 13, 1906 Post Office Operated April 30, 1905 to August 10, 1918 71
Saunders Cañon, Colorado From Trout Creek Pass 72
Hortense, Colorado March 3, 1880 Post Office operated May 11, 1877 to June 20, 1884 73
Hortense, Colorado March 3, 1880 74
Alpine, Colorado July 5, 1876 Post Office operated October 26, 1874 to June 30, 1904 75
Alpine, Colorado July 5, 1876 76
St. Elmo, Colorado June 16, 1883 Post Office operated June 23, 1880 to October 15, 1952 77
St. Elmo, Colorado - X shows Mary Murphy Mine, two miles up canyon 78
Hancock, Colorado June 6, 1881 D.S.P. & P.R.R. railroad envelope Post Office operated September 10, 1880 to June 24, 1887 D.S.P. & P.R.R. railroad envelope 79
Woodstock, Colorado October 23, 1881 Post Office operated August 5, 1881 to May 9, 1882 80
Hancock, Colorado (front of postal card from Woodstock) Cancelled at Hancock, October 24, 1881 after going through Alpine Tunnel 81
Woodstock, Colorado October 23, 1881 82
East Portal of Alpine Tunnel Train Going East 83
Gunnison, Colorado May 1, 1883 Post Office operated October 2, 1876 to present 84
Abandoned Narrow Gauge South Park Route possible approach to east portal Alpine Tunnel 85
No Beginning and No End... Lost R.R. Station of Alpine 86
NEXT A Few Short Subjects 87
Special friend, Jim Ozment, September 16, 1989 On the Private Car, Kansas at Denver Union Station 88
John Evans, Founder and First President, Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad 89
Byers-Evans House Museum, 13th & Bannock, Denver
END Byers-Evans House Museum, 13th & Bannock, Denver